12 years ago
A party bus was operating illegally when a bachelorette party attendee tumbled out of it in Kansas City, Kan., and was killed. The Midnight Express party bus in which 26-year-old victim Jamie Frecks was riding lacked the proper registration. Kansas law required it to have a proper U.S. Department of Transportation number, but it didn't. If the ...

12 years ago
The Kansas Legislature has been in session a week longer than its leaders had anticipated, and lawmakers still must resolve major tax and budget issues. Monday will be the 87th day of lawmakers' annual session. Republican leaders in the GOP-dominated Legislature had promised that it would wrap up its business in 80 days. That would have trimmed ...

12 years ago
For the second day in a row severe weather rolls through Kansas. Saturday it was Western Kansas that felt the brunt of it, while Sunday it was Southeast Kansas. Authorities say a tornado has touched down in Wichita but emergency officials say there are no injuries or fatalities. Sedgwick County emergency management director Randy Duncan says officials ...

12 years ago
Powerball officials were pretty confident there would be a winner in last night's giant jackpot and they were right. A single ticket sold in Florida has the winning number for the top prize an estimated $590.5 million. Ticket sales accounted for about 80 percent of all possible number combinations. Officials say the winning ticket was sold at a ...

12 years ago
A Kansas farmer whose bright yellow crop has caught the eyes of travelers in Kearny County says his peers should branch out. Fred Ritsema has been growing 125 acres of canola on land between Deerfield and Lakin. The crop has been in bloom since last week and will be ready for harvest in about a month, ...

12 years ago
A Fort Riley soldier fleeing law enforcement on Interstate 70 in Dickinson County died in a crash Friday night. According to the Kansas Highway Patrol 21-year-old Matthew Peachey was headed east on I 70 in a Mazda hatchback, attempting to flee KHP units. For an unknown reason he drove off the road into the south ditch and ...

12 years ago
Salinans strolled along Santa Fe Avenue Saturday, and took in the sights and sounds of the 3rd Annual "Sculpture Tour Salina 2013." Organizers unveiled 26-pieces of art dotted along Santa Fe, from Ash to Mulberry Street, giving those on foot a chance to eye the sculptures and be the first to vote for the People's Choice ...

12 years ago
Faculty members at Kansas State University say they are tired of being paid less than their peers at other institutions. The faculty plans to present the university's administration with a resolution next week. It seeks a moratorium on pay increases for upper administrators, or creation of new administrative positions, until salaries improve for faculty and unclassified ...

12 years ago
Kansas education advocates say they were surprised by a provision added to the 2014 state budget banning the spending of any money to implement the national Common Core standards for math and reading. The provision mirrors language of a bill that failed to get out of the House Education Committee earlier in the session. Several conservative legislators ...

12 years ago
A driver fleeing law enforcement on Interstate 70 in Dickinson County died in a crash Friday night. According to the Kansas Highway Patrol a vehicle was headed east on I 70, attempting to flee KHP units. For an unknown reason the driver drove off the road into the south ditch and struck a cement culvert. The driver, ...

12 years ago
It's been less than 10 months since the world record for a lottery prize. On Saturday night, it could conceivably fall once again. The jackpot for Saturday night's Powerball drawing currently stands at $600 million. That's just $56 million less than the record from the March 2012 Mega Millions jackpot, which was split by three winning ...